Building the Ravenel Bridge


After all the photos I took, I've tried to arrange them in some order based on various topics I found interesting.

And a reminder from T.S. Eliot (East Coker from the Four Quartets) 

Old men ought to be explorers
Here and there does not matter
We must be still and still moving
Into another intensity
For a further union, a deeper communion
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May 14 2005:Joining the East Bay ramp with the Meeting Street Ramp

It is almost over - edge barriers have been poured.

What last week was a form is now a concrete road segment

From the Meeting Street on ramp:
Paving complete and the barriers have been poured.

The completed expansion joint

A view of the East Bay on ramp from the Pearman Bridge. Note that the temporary wood path for the cranes has been removed.

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C. Frank Starmer

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